10-yr median earnings
$59,483
Federal aid recipients only
Private Nonprofit · Davenport, Iowa
Palmer College of Chiropractic
Palmer College of Chiropractic is a private nonprofit institution in Davenport, Iowa. as a private nonprofit, published Scorecard outcomes cover federal-aid recipients at this campus — endowment and sticker price sit outside those cohort fields.
- $59,483
- 10-yr median earnings
The verdict
Palmer College of Chiropractic posts top-quartile former-student earnings.
According to the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard.
- Top 16%
- former-student earnings, US
- +49%
- earnings, 6→10 yrs
City: Midsize
Carnegie: Special Focus (4yr)
Institution data retrieved July 2026; field-of-study data retrieved March 2026.
How to read this Palmer College of Chiropractic profile
Figures above come from IPEDS institution records published through the College Scorecard (retrieved July 2026 for institution fields; March 2026 for field-of-study). Peer groups and cost cohorts follow IPEDS ownership sector, Carnegie class ("Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools"), and locale, not an editorial shortlist.
Average net price subtracts grant and scholarship aid from cost of attendance for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV recipients. It is a defined cohort average, not a personalized price; income-band fields add context but do not replace the school's current net-price calculator.
Earnings use Treasury-linked records for federally aided former students who were working and not enrolled in the measurement year (completers and noncompleters). IPEDS completion and retention use separate first-time, full-time cohorts, so those denominators are not the earnings cohort. Read cost, completion, and earnings as distinct historical measures, not a causal verdict or individual forecast.
College Value Score
C+
College Value Score
64/100
Palmer College of Chiropractic
A 6-metric composite of earnings, cost, and completion outcomes benchmarked against every reporting US college, not a ranking of teaching quality, campus life, or fit for any individual student. See the full methodology.
Earnings A-
$59,483
10-year median former-student earnings
Net Price N/A
N/A
Average annual cost after grants and aid
Completion Rate N/A
N/A
Completion within 150% of normal time
Debt N/A
N/A
Median federal debt at graduation
Loan Repayment F
39.8%
Borrowers repaying loans within 3 years
Retention N/A
N/A
First-year students returning for year two
Each axis is the percentile score shown in the breakdown at left; the shape shows this school's overall profile at a glance.
Avg net price
Not reported
After grants and scholarships
150%-time completion
Not reported
Full-time, first-time cohort
College ROI Quadrant - Palmer College of Chiropractic vs peers
Each dot is a college plotted by 10-year median earnings (x-axis) vs average net price (y-axis), colored by completion within 150% of normal time. Bottom-right = high earnings/lower price; top-left = lower earnings/higher price.
How Palmer College of Chiropractic ranks nationally
Where this school's former-student earnings fall within the full national distribution of every US college that reports to the College Scorecard, not just its peer set.
Palmer College of Chiropractic: former-student earnings vs. every US college
10-year median earnings, College Scorecard
$59,483 Top 16% higher than 84% of 5,103 US colleges
Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more US colleges. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard · Mar–Jul 2026 retrievals
| Metric | Palmer College of Chiropractic | National rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $59,483 | #822 of 5103 | 84th |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 43 | #5020 of 5462 | 8th |
National ranks count every operating US college reporting each metric to the College Scorecard, separate from the earnings histogram above.
Quick Facts
43
Undergraduate enrollment
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Acceptance rate
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SAT average
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150%-time completion
$59,483
10-yr median earnings
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First-year retention
How Palmer College of Chiropractic ranks in Iowa
State rank among 69 reporting Iowa colleges with College Scorecard data, a separate lens from the national distribution above.
| Metric | Palmer College of Chiropractic | State rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $59,483 | #11 of 69 | 84th |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 43 | #65 of 73 | 11th |
Highest former-student earnings in Iowa
| # | School | 10-yr earnings | Net price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Drake University | $71,901 | $29,127 |
| 2 | Allen College | $71,261 | - |
| 3 | University of Iowa | $64,762 | $22,531 |
| 4 | Iowa State University | $63,386 | $18,589 |
| 5 | Grinnell College | $62,830 | $17,648 |
| 6 | Mercy College of Health Sciences | $62,234 | $26,924 |
| 7 | St Luke's College | $61,033 | $19,820 |
| 8 | Mount Mercy University | $60,787 | $20,168 |
| 9 | Luther College | $59,850 | $23,097 |
| 10 | Saint Ambrose University | $59,531 | $24,691 |
| 11 | Palmer College of ChiropracticThis school | $59,483 | - |
| 12 | Simpson College | $59,274 | $21,936 |
Net price at Palmer College of Chiropractic swings rather than trends
Across 6 reported years between 2013 and 2018, the average net price here has ranged from $13,315 to $27,360 without settling into a rise or a fall. Comparing only the first and last years would read as +10.9%, but the years in between do not follow that line, so the honest summary is the range rather than a trend. Budget against the upper end, not the average.
Lowest year
$13,315
Highest year
$27,360
Most recent (2018)
$23,515
6 reported years. Nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation.
2013 · $21,1992018 · $23,515
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, per-year fields (2013–2018). Net price is the average cost after grant and scholarship aid for federally-aided undergraduates.
Student Demographics
Race & ethnicity
Student body at a glance
50.7%
Female
Outcomes
$40,025
Median Earnings (6yr)
64.6%
Earning Over $25K
39.8%
Loan Repayment, Completers (3yr)
Outcomes & debt snapshot
| Measure | Cohort / horizon | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Median earnings | 6 years after entry | $40,025 |
| Median earnings | 10 years after entry | $59,483 |
| Share earning over $25,000 | Working, not enrolled | 64.6% |
| Loan repayment rate | Completers, 3 years after leaving | 39.8% |
Programs & Earnings
| Program | Credential | Completers | Median Earnings | Median Debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chiropractic | First Professional | 632 | $62,214 | $184,786 |
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Frequently Asked Questions
What are the admissions statistics for Palmer College of Chiropractic? ▼
Palmer College of Chiropractic is a private nonprofit institution in Davenport, Iowa. Undergraduate enrollment is 43 students.
How much do Palmer College of Chiropractic former students earn? ▼
Federally aided former students at Palmer College of Chiropractic who were working and not enrolled had median earnings of $59,483 ten years after entry; the cohort is not limited to graduates. Six years after entry, the corresponding median is $40,025.
Sources & methodology
Private-nonprofit profiles emphasize Scorecard cost-after-aid and completion alongside IPEDS Carnegie class. Endowment, gifts, and sticker price are not Scorecard fields on this page.
Figures are the Mar–Jul 2026 federal retrievals. Nonprofit campuses vary widely in aid practice — net price here is the Title-IV-recipient cohort average, not an individual award letter. Read the full methodology for how the data is sourced, computed, and verified.
- College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education - former-student earnings, cost & completion (collegescorecard.ed.gov).
- IPEDS, National Center for Education Statistics - enrollment, admissions, Carnegie class & demographics (nces.ed.gov/ipeds).
- U.S. Treasury / IRS earnings linkage - median earnings 6 & 10 years after enrollment for federal-aid recipients (irs.gov).
- College Scorecard, Field of Study - program-level (credential) earnings & debt (collegescorecard.ed.gov).
- Federal Student Aid (Title IV / NSLDS) - U.S. Department of Education - net price, student debt & aid-recipient repayment outcomes (studentaid.gov).
Where to go next from Palmer College of Chiropractic
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